grinding sound

i have a grinding sound from underneath my 300tdi,it seems to be in the middle area.UJs are all fine and the rubber spacer, however there is a lot of oil coming out of the handbrake drum. Any ideas

off the top of me head i'd say the grinding noise is a wheel bearing, jack up the motor and grab a wheel to see if it has any play,

as for the oil coming out of the handbrake assembly that could be 2 things, 1 oil seal on the rear output shaft has gone or 2 the nut holding the prop flange on has worked loose, both quite easy to sort out,

if your not sure or a bit worried about taking the hand brake off to have a look invest in a haynes manual,

hope this helps, mike.